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“What is all this?”

“It’s a hot springs,” said Boone “Naturally heated water coround source Apparently they built this place over it, as an attraction Like a Turkish Bath house, or—”

“Oh my God, YES!”

He laughed, and for the first tih was pure and happy “Yeah, that was my reaction too”

Off to the side, I saw a pile of rags that probably used to be towels There was another oil lamp there too, also lit

“This is where you slept?”

“Yup I found the lamps down here too”

I whirled on him “Why the hell didn’t you tell us about this place? We could’ve come down here! We could’ve warmed up!”

He shrugged “I never got the chance”

“But—”

“Besides,” he said, “getting the fire started was a good idea When the storht see the sh by now I’m pretty sure we’ve all been assumed dead”

He stepped forward and began pulling off his ski boots “You hungry?”

I blinked My sto in it

“You have food too?”

Boone pointed back to the little nest where he’d slept “There’s a can of—”